USRowing Collegiate PollWashington and Stanford Take Top Spots in Season’s First USRowing Collegiate PollsApril 3, 2013

Washington topped the first USRowing men’s varsity eight poll of the season, while Stanford took the top spot in the lightweight women’s eight poll. The first lightweight men’s eight poll will be released next week.

Washington received 11 of 12 first-place votes to take the top spot in the men’s varsity eight poll. Brown University ranked second, followed by California, Harvard and Princeton. Harvard received the other first-place vote.

Stanford earned the No. 1 spot in the lightweight women’s eight poll, receiving five of seven first-place votes. Harvard-Radcliffe received the other two first-place votes and ranked second. Princeton, Bucknell and Georgetown rounded out the top five.

Men’s Varsity Eight

Rank

Team (1st-Place Votes)

Points

1

University of Washington (11)

239

2

Brown University

222

3

University of California

218

4

Harvard University (1)

217

5

Princeton University

192

6

Northeastern University

168

7

Yale University

162

8

University of Wisconsin

152

9

Stanford University

133

10

United States Naval Academy

122

11

Cornell University

119

12

University of Pennsylvania

100

13

Boston University

97

14

Syracuse University

88

15

Columbia University

72

16

Georgetown University

57

17

Dartmouth College

38

18

George Washington University

26

19

Gonzaga University

18

20

Florida Institute of Technology

13

Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: Oregon State University 10, University of Virginia 7, Drexel University 6, Trinity College 3, University of Michigan 3, College of the Holy Cross 2.